the rebels continue to sag

Patti Smith wrote a memoir about her time

with Mapplethorpe and now turns it into a screenplay

(ah--a little something for the retirement fund)

one of the Ramones is a deep dish conservative

and somehow I never hope to see Lou Reed

sing again about being "saved by rock 'n' roll"

I'd say "what the hell happened?" but I

but we all know

we've gotten old

we're the elders now

we've run our course

we've done our time

and while some young'uns will carry the torch further

in their stumbling way

most of the rest of the incoming and future citizens

won't give a damn "at awwall not at awwall"

all this pushing life to the utmost limits

to test our God-given gifts

so we can become courses and footnotes

for some specialists ages hence...

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